tonguing

== English == === Verb === tonguing present participle and gerund of tongue === Noun === tonguing (countable and uncountable, plural tonguings) A licking or lapping with the tongue. (music) A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece. (historical) flensing, cutting off strips of blubber in the butchering of a whale. French kissing ==== Derived terms ==== double-tonguing triple-tonguing